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Hometown vs GoToSocial: catalog facts
Hometown	GoToSocial
Free Free and open source; you pay only for your own hosting.	Free Free to self-host.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Local-only posts that stay on your own instance Supports a wider range of content types than Mastodon	Lightweight server written in Go Federates with other ActivityPub software
Requires running and maintaining your own Mastodon-style server Follows upstream Mastodon, so new features can arrive later	Fewer features than Mastodon by design Not intended for very large follower counts
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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